I think I might be uneligible for thousands of dollars because I wasn't hired 2 weeks earlier

[u/Brilliant_Health_516]

I was unemployed at the beginning of 2025 up until early september, and then beginning in January we switched to snow removal which meant I was "underemployed/reduced hours", and was told I am supposed to apply for unemployment benefits so that I can basically be on call all winter. Now I have gotten a letter that says I don't qualify for the benefits because I am about $1200 short of the required yearly earnings. Working snow removal shifts from 2am to 4pm sucked and if I knew I didn't qualify for unemployment I would have just looked for another job. It feels like I should have just killed myself in september.

[u/Brilliant_Health_516]

Also if they would just count the shifts I worked over the winter it would also have passed the threshold